Geography is the study of the world and everything on it...
There are 5 basic themes that geographers use to organize their studies of the earth:
P lace - Physical or Human characteristics R egion - Common or shared features of an area I nteraction (Human-Environment) - how we adapt to, depend on or modify our environment L ocation - Absolute or Relative M ovement - of People, Goods or Ideas
How can historians use the 5 Themes to understandthe way in which early civilisations developed?
How has geography shaped history?...................
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
The story of how Guns, Germs & Steel have shaped the history of the 13,000 years. Author and scholar Jared Diamond tries to answer perhaps the most fundamental question of world history: why are some civilisations conquered and others conquerors? In this episode Out of Eden Diamond gathers evidence from Papua new Guinea to the Middle East supports Diamond's theory that a society's development may have had less to do with skill or ingenuity, than with an ability to raise high-protein grains and domesticated livestock. He suggests that successful farming gave rise to an explosion of sophisticated civilisations, from the Fertile Crescent to the New World.
There are 5 basic themes that geographers use to organize their studies of the earth:
P lace - Physical or Human characteristicsR egion - Common or shared features of an area
I nteraction (Human-Environment) - how we adapt to, depend on or modify our environment
L ocation - Absolute or Relative
M ovement - of People, Goods or Ideas
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Review Materials for 5 Themes
If the world only had 100 people there would be....
Why is it so difficult to create an accurate map of the earth?
Review Geographic Skills
How can historians use the 5 Themes to understand the way in which early civilisations developed?
How has geography shaped history?...................
Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
The story of how Guns, Germs & Steel have shaped the history of the 13,000 years.Author and scholar Jared Diamond tries to answer perhaps the most fundamental question of world history: why are some civilisations conquered and others conquerors? In this episode Out of Eden Diamond gathers evidence from Papua new Guinea to the Middle East supports Diamond's theory that a society's development may have had less to do with skill or ingenuity, than with an ability to raise high-protein grains and domesticated livestock. He suggests that successful farming gave rise to an explosion of sophisticated civilisations, from the Fertile Crescent to the New World.
Guns, Germs & Steel Episode 1
How Hunter-Gatherer Societies Adapted to their environment
Becoming Farmers
Settled communities
Blockbuster Game for Themes & GGS
Early Man Time Periods
Modern historians often use the terms BCE (Before the Common Era) and CE (Common Era) instead of BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini).